N-Desalkylflurazepam

Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status	?
Identifiers
ATC code	?
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1201372
Chemical data
Formula	H15ClFN3O
Mol. mass	331.8
SMILES	eMolecules & PubChem
InChI InChI=1S/C17H15ClFN3O/c18-11-5-6-15-13(9-11)17(12-3-1-2-4-14(12)19)21-10-16(23)22(15)8-7-20/h1-6,9H,7-8,10,20H2 Key:MVAUDJDXZPBWOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

N-Desalkylflurazepam (N-desalkyl-2-oxoquazepam) is one of the major metabolites of quazepam. It is long-acting and prone to accumulation and binds unselectively to benzodiazepine receptors.^[1]

References

1. ^ Nikaido, AM; Ellinwood Jr, EH (1987). "Comparison of the effects of quazepam and triazolam on cognitive-neuromotor performance". Psychopharmacology 92 (4): 459–64. PMID 2888152.